Methylated mercury species in marine waters of the Canadian high and sub arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8367-8373

  Kirk, Jane L ^a   St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Hintelmann, Holger ^b   Lehnherr, Igor ^a   Else, Brent ^c   Poissant, Laurier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; SURFACE WATERS; ALKYLATION; MERCURY (METAL);

ARCTIC MARINES; ATMOSPHERE FLUXES; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGOS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE WATERS; MERCURY SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTION ZONES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER REGENERATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL); SURFACE WATERS;

MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCHIPELAGO; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DEEP WATER; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD WEB; METHYLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLE; SEA; SEASON; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ARCTIC MARINE; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; MARINE WATERS; MERCURY SPECIES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION ZONES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUB-ARCTIC; TOTAL MERCURIES; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS;

EID: 56449128550     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801635m     Document Type: Article

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